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It's 50s sci-fi Manifest Destiny, plus Russian imperialism. It's a great aesthetic and is basically how thousands of sci-fi bad guys and empires have been writ
by mrguyorama 1y ago
It's 50s sci-fi Manifest Destiny, plus Russian imperialism.
It's a great aesthetic and is basically how thousands of sci-fi bad guys and empires have been written.
- Robotbeat 1y agoIt’s actually not. And I don’t get this whole idea of using imperialism or fascism or whatever as an attack against ideas you don’t like. Because it doesn’t undermine the idea as much as it rehabilitates imperialism and fascism. So stop doing it.
- chneu 1y agoIt's because it shows off that the idea is based around destruction, theft, selfishness, etc. It undermines the idea because it shows that the idea comes from a selfish place. "I am entitled to rape, kill, destroy your way of life because I have bigger weapons."
- Robotbeat 1y agoThat’s completely the opposite of Cosmism, which is about the unlimited creative power of humanity.